Matt and I just got back from our Johnson family reunion in Barnwell Canada, where my Mom grew up. Cindy, Vaylene, and Bill and their families went, too.
They had a parade there celebrating the 100 year anniversary of the church and school there in Barnwell. This is the Johnson family float we got to ride on .
This is the Barnwell school that my Mom went to when she was little. In their parades they throw water balloons instead of candy! The people in the crowd throw them, too, and have water guns to shoot the people in the parade!
After the parade everyone headed for the canal bridge to jump in and cool off. The kids all loved it!In this video there are 40 second-cousins all jumping at once!
Here we are with some of our favorite cousins, Del Johnson's daughters. Cindy, Candice, Kara, Corrine, Loreita, Vaylene, and Carla
Later we all went to Barnwell park and played lots of fun games. This one was called "roll over." Pretty self-explanitory!
Jeremy & Matt in a watermelon eating contest while Christopher and William watch.
Chicken Races! These were hilarious! Here are Matt & Christopher with their chicken they named "Buster",
This video shows the barrell racing portion of the chicken contests. =)
The kids enjoyed trying to milk a cow for the first time. This is William Tucker.
One of the favorite activities for the teenagers was playing " King of the Dirt Hill".Jordan, Lina, Jeremy, William, Amelia, Matt , and Christopher
Christopher and Matt tumbling down the dirt hill.
The old Johnson family homestead of my Great Grandfather.
Our family at the reunion. ( Vada's Family ) Each family was assigned to wear a different color.Our color was Purple.
The last day of the reunion was spent at the lake at my cousin Marty's. There was lots of boating, playing of the beach, eating, and visiting.
It was so much fun to get to see cousins that I hadn't seen for years! It was Matt's first time in Canada, and he thought it was such a fun reunion! The Canadian cousins went to so much work planning the games, food, parade float, and everything. Thank you so much for such a great reunion!!!
It was so much fun to get to see cousins that I hadn't seen for years! It was Matt's first time in Canada, and he thought it was such a fun reunion! The Canadian cousins went to so much work planning the games, food, parade float, and everything. Thank you so much for such a great reunion!!!
Uncle Matthew was very happy to finally get to hold Savanna. They have a rule that you can't visit the hospital if you're under 14 years old and not the baby's sibling, but a nice nurse let him come see her because she felt so bad that he was left out! Thank goodness!
